The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
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"A tear from the eye Of sympathy be-
comes Jewel in the crown Of faith
-Americas Merchant Traveller. \ n
sr-Mistrcss Ito applicaat> "And
wffat A. your namep' Applicant =
MARY Browne, mum; we spell 1t wild
the e. .'"-Tyd- BITS.
Teacher is the difference.
Tommy, between German and
Dutchman." Tommy-"One has got
money and the other hain't"--Epoch
Experiences is.a good school. but It
keeps us too long, and the tuition bills
are too costly for fellow who Is In
hurry for a diploma. i pr
If tho present coal famine con-
tinues there will be lots oi short court
ing this winter. though we are con-
fident It will not cause prcmature mar.
riagcs. cNsta et vgffas'i
When the world Is made over again
and the millennium comes, other peo-
ple's children and other peoples cats
will certainly be abolished. --Somcruilie
Journal. ael t4ft aNJiI al
The world would be much better
off were those who pose as leaders as
deaf nnd dumb 'ds they are blind. ~
Pomeroy's Alvance Thought.
when a pawnbroker pays $3.50 for
new $50 overcoat he may be trying to
lead an honest life, but he leaves room
for healthy suspicion to the contrary.
- Omaha Herald. A sa
Only one rifle ball in a thousand
kills a man in battle, If that thou,
sandth bullet could be left out of the
calculation what brave soldiers we
would be. e.-Martha's Vineyard HerdfS.
--Itis not uncommon for a fashionable
young man to live beyond his means,
but when a dude lives beyond the
means of his mother he must marry or
come to want.-M O. Picdyuae.
--Frivolity, under, whatever form it
appears. takes from attention its
strength, from thought its originality.
from feeling its earnestness. Madame
de Stael d.iw Rl4tta 9st
-Itis getting to be a common ex.
preston for man to say his baby
weighs u ton. 1t is generally the kind
of ton that ton Of coal Weighs
Puck. aN ..*ST -x4s.
IL have met with success very fre-
quently." remarked the aged cam.
paigner, "but we never spoke as we
passed by. Success always seemed to
be in hurry to see anothey IMAM
Harpe,'s Bazar. sssfss /.
-"Mariah, suppose we give this copy
of Dante's Inferno awayp" "Why.
what for?" II don't think that either
of us will have curiosity to look nt it
now that your mother has come to live
with us. - Washington Critic.
--"Mr. Snyderly, Ihear that you re-
ferred to me as a liar" "Yes. sir. l
did; what are you going to do about it?"
II was going to ask You to put it down
on paper for me. want to get a job
in an Omaha real-estate Office. and
don't need better recommendation. y
Lincoln Journal.
There seems to be confusion of
ideas as to the anatomical characteris-
tics of property. We are told. for in
stance, that wealth takes to itself
wings. and then we all know that it is
constantly changing hands. What
with wings and hands, it must be soma
thing angelic. No wonder it is in so
much request.
The Telephone Cat
Though most of the cats on the backyard tcnce
Belong to the self-same choir,
And faithfully call and caterwaul
Maria Maria! Maria!" -E4i
There's one that shouts above all the rest,
AT any hour that suits him best, ~
In o strangely human, familiar tone, ssF
AS II he called through telephone,
Hello! Hello Hcllow af.ll.s
His voice we have learned to know;
| And whenever we hear it we say There's that
Detestable nuisance-the telephone cat!''
--IL0rn<,,s Rg,nr